Oct 30, 2023 | COVID-19 | Disability Discrimination | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Mercer County Community College | Settlement | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division of Law | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has entered into a Consent Order and Decree resolving a complaint alleging that Mercer County Community College discriminated against an employee who contracted COVID-19.
Oct 30, 2023 | 2023 General Election | Election Fraud | election officials | improper electioneering | Law Enforcement | Right to Vote | voter intimidation | voters | voting-related legal matters Attachments: none | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Key measures continue the Voter Protection Initiative announced in October 2022.
Oct 27, 2023 | Bias in K-12 Schools | Division on Civil Rights | Law Against Discrimination | Law Against Discrimination (LAD) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Attorney General Statement | Bias and Discrimination | Child Protection | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, have issued a statement in response to the recent rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in K-12 schools and on college and university campuses.
Oct 26, 2023 | ARRIVE Together Alternative Response Program | Middlesex County | North Stelton African Methodist Episcopal Church | Rutgers Health University Behavioral Health Care | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Arrive Together | Behavioral Health | Mental Health | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
ARRIVE includes several models operating across the State, with the model used in each community tailored to each community’s unique needs, resources, and priorities.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Elizabeth post office | Paterson | Plainfield | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that a former candidate for mayor of the City of Plainfield has been criminally charged for allegedly directing a group of associates to complete hundreds of false voter registration applications and then mailing them to Union County election officials.
Oct 25, 2023 | Conspiracy | Election Fraud | Paterson | Witness Tampering | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced the filing of criminal charges against a Paterson voter based on alleged falsification of a vote-by-mail ballots cast in the May 2020 Paterson municipal election.